Chapter 2
ROSE
"Won't I always?" Albus whispered in my ear.
Hugo cleared his throat and Lily giggled. Reluctantly I pulled away from our hug and stepped back, letting Albus properly enter the compartement and sit down.
"So," I tried again, "is anyone trying out for quidditch?"
"Quidditch's not really my thing." said Lily. She had played in The Burrow's yard when she came to visit. We all had.
"I don't think so." said Hugo, "I'm still too small. Maybe next year."
"Not really." said Albus.
We all gaped at him. Albus has always wanted to play seeker, like his Dad, his granddad and his older brother, he just hadn't tried out yet because Slytherin house already had a seeker.
"But Stephan Bones was a seventh-year. He's left school!" Lily said. Stephan was Slytherin's seeker and Albus always said he wouldn't play if he wasn't seeker.
"Oh! I had forgotten about that . Of course I'm trying out, what a stupid question." he told me playfully.
"Are you trying out, Scorpious?" Hugo asked.
"Not really." Scorpious shook his head.
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HUGO
We chatted for some time (including Scorpious, because of Rose) until the candy cart came by.
"Anyone hungry?" the woman pushing the cart was a plump old lady.
"Yum!" I said, standing up. "Three chocolate frogs, please."
"Here you go, dear." said the lady, giving me the cocolate frogs, "That's 20 knuts."
"Thanks." I payed and sat back down.
"A packet of Bott's Every Flavour beans, please." said Albus.
"2 sickles."
"I'd like a licorice wand, please." Lily paid the 4 knuts and sat down.
"Nothing, thanks." said Scorpious when the woman looked at him.
"And you, dear. Not hungry?" she looked at Rose.
"I have stuff, thanks." she said, politely.
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LILY
The old woman continued walking around with the sweet cart and we all sat down. I unwrapped my licorice wand and made to nibble it's point.
"No, Lily, don't!" Albus yelled.
I looked up, "Why not?" I asked.
"Whatch this." Albus stood up and locked the compartement door. Then he took my candy wand and shouted "Alohomora!" while pointing it at the door. The door slid open really fast.
"Cool!" Hugo exclaimed.
Albus looked at Rose, as if to be sure that she was impressed.
She snorted. "May I?" she asked.
Reluctantly, Albus gave her the wand. He knew he would be beaten.
Rose opened her trunk and pulled out Bounty. She said something I didn't really catch but I heard the words cat and pencil.
Suddenly, instead of a cat, I had a lifeless pencil in front of me. Everyone exept Rose and Albus gasped. Rose looked proud.
"Here you go." she said, handing me my licorice wand. I nibbled a bit off the tip.
"Anyone want a bean?" Albus said, holding the packet open. No one answered. We knew Bott's beans were dangerous.
"Fine." said Albus. "Let's see... this one." He pulled out an orange coloured bean. "Must be pumpkin." he said and tossed it in his mouth. My brother chewed a bit, then made a sour face. "Eew! Cat hair."
We all laughed.
"My turn." said Hugo, reaching into the packet. "Yum! Mashed potatoes."
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ALBUS-SEVERUS
"Could I have one?" asked Scorpious.
"Sure." I held out the packet.
He took out a brownish one and gulped it whole.
"Vomit." he gagged. We all laughed.
We laughed (at each other's beans, too) for a long time until Rose's cat purred loudly.
"We're almost there!" she exclaimed. "Guys, you need to put on your school robes!" (Naturally, she already had them on.)
Lily and Hugo exchanged nervous glances. Poor dudes, they were scared about which house they would be put into. Not for long, though, in 10-15 minutes, the sorting would start. I couldn't wait!
I opened my trunk and took out my robe. Then I left the compartement and went towards the bathroom, getting ready for another exiting school year.
